A Few Tidbits

I know, I know, once again I've been lax in my blogging. As it is I'm trying to get a quick post in right now even though I can hear Owen and Katie wreaking havoc on the porch. Katie has started to master going down stairs lately so the porch is no longer off limits to her. She only goes down one step at most and only if she has something to hang on to, but it's still yet another thing to worry about.

If you ask me what's been keeping me so busy lately I won't really have an answer for you, but somehow I still can't find the time to update this blog. Truthfully, if I have free time, I'd rather read my book... even if it is the Harry Potter series and I'm reading it for the millionth time. So here are a few tidbits to bring you up to date with the kids and us for now.

We went blueberry picking last week with Cris and Tommy. It was really fun. I think I prefer blueberry picking to strawberry picking. Owen helped a little more too. Of course, eventually the boys got bored so they started playing in the dirt. They found a worm and I was able to add one more phrase to my list of things I never imagined I would say. "Get the worm off your sister's head!" Yeah, he put the worm right on Katie's head and it wiggled there while I yelled at him to get it off because I was too afraid to touch it myself. Bugs I'll touch, worms I won't without gloves on. Even if it's on my daughter's head.

He's not all trouble though. Owen took it upon himself to "clean up the whole outside of the house" the other day. It was pretty cute and he actually helped out a lot. He raked the leaves out from under the huge rhododendrun bushes/trees behind our porch.


Katie of course has been her usual adorable self. Every once in a while I'm reminded that I have no idea how to take care of a girl, although mostly I just have to dress her up in adorable clothes. Here she is watching Sesame Street in Owen's chair.


We've been spending a lot of time at the Splash Pad in our town lately. I finally remembered to bring my camera yesterday when we went. Of course the battery died quickly but I promise I'll post more pics of it soon. Here are some cute ones to hold you over until then.



We also had the kids pictures taken at a local park on Sunday. It was a candid kind of thing. I'm not sure what kind of pictures will come out of it, Owen spent most of the time running full speed back and forth or jumping across the stream, while Katie fell repeatedly on the hill and tried to walk into the stream as well. We'll see. Hopefully I'll have those pictures to post soon too.